Global oil prices rise on tightening market, more rise still expected
Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. markets tightened just weeks ahead of Washington’s plan to impose new sanctions against Iran, with major traders and banks expecting prices to rise over $90 per barrel in coming months. Brent oil soared…
Shell’s Deer Park Refinery in US joins Trump’s campaign for reducing emissions
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, this week announced support for President Donald Trump’s campaign in rolling back greenhouse gas emissions and methane in particular at its new Deer Park Refinery on the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. This is coming at…
Will Nigeria, Africa lose or gain from emerging US-China trade faceoff?
The new trade war between US and China recently triggered off by the US President, Mr. Donald Trump, has started eliciting reactions from diplomatic analysts. Only weekend, China begins enforcement of its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, indicating real escalation…
Iran warns of global crisis if nuclear deal finally collapses on US exit
For the first time after the United States announced in May that it was withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions that would hit international business interests in Iran, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday,…
CAN seeks Nigeria’s Embassy relocation to Jerusalem after US, Guatemala, others
Barely one month after the US President, Mr. Donald Trump put paid its promise to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli administrative capital city by ordering the relocation of US Embassy from Tel-Aviv to the city, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)…
66th most powerful in the world, Dangote, gives tips to FG on how to grow tax net
At a time the federal government is pursuing every means possible to capture many Nigerians, businesses and multinationals into its currently shallow tax nets, leading industrialist, 66th most powerful person in the world and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko…
Just in: Nigeria foreign reserves jump on failed US-Iran nuclear deal as oil price hits $77.2
Tuesday’s surprise pullout of US President, Donald Trump from an international nuclear deal with Iran, Wednesday resulted in global oil price cruising to almost a four-year high of $77.2 even as world stocks held steady. Otherwise, Trump’s move sparked fears…
Buhari may not discuss re-election bid in UK, US, but may meet support groups
Indications emerged on Monday after President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with British Prime Minister; Theresa May in London that issues surrounding his recently declared ambition for second term bid may not surface throughout his current trip unless meetings with Diaspora support…
Trump soft paddles on cyber unit with Russia after harsh criticism
U.S. President Donald Trump has backtracked on his push for a cyber security unit with Russia, tweeting that he did not think it could happen, hours after his proposal was harshly criticized by Republicans who said Moscow could not be…
Nigeria to get $121m from Trump’s $639m aid to 4 afflicted countries
More international assistance is on the way from the United States Government as President Donald Trump on Saturday promised $639m in aid to feed people facing starvation because of drought and conflict in Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen….
